If it makes you feel better, I don’t think the misunderstanding was on your end. Although I agree probably the dad told the hotel that, it was actually phrased like the hotel told the dad that.

Mostly because every time I see the abbreviation I think it’s Al and not AI. And I briefly wonder if they mean Al Jolson or Al Capone.

That’s a good 80% of the monstrous pickups in my neighborhood.

The ad was paid for by the Barbers Hill Education Foundation, which has contact information on their website. I sure hope nobody decides to tell them how they feel about this.

As frustrating as it can be, some day you’re going to miss getting those phone calls. 😢

Leopards, face-eating, and whatnot.

I see what you did there.

Gift link for the NYT article if I did that right.

😂😂 right, right…

Same. I will die on this hill. Vertical video sucks!

If you are surprised by this you probably have a poster of Ayn Rand on your wall.

A thousand times as much RAM as my 2nd computer.

This is the kind of stuff you see on a Netflix series and think, “OK they’ve really jumped the shark this time.”

I know a guy like that too. Okay, it’s me. I have to ask the doctor to let me be lying down when I get a shot. But at least it’s not as embarrassing as passing out in the little chair and have a 115 lb. nurse trying to hold me up before I hit the floor. That has happened more than once.

Good thing they were keeping tabs on him.

Honestly my first thought was snow shed but when I saw the nature bridge comments I was like oh derp yah that’s it. The slope isn’t steep enough to warrant a snow shed.

Yah and cold fusion is right around the corner.

I want him to get the help that he needs. Not because I sympathize with him to any degree (I don’t). But because I want him to stop ruining everything.

I don’t think there will be much damage. It’s not as though this were some huge surprise. The only people left on X agree with him or don’t care enough to mildly adjust their habits. I saw that IBM “paused” their ads, but I’d bet a nickel they will resume them once this blows over. They know what Xitter is. All the corporations know and don’t care. This very article on the NYT website has a button to share it on Twitter.

That’s interesting I’ve been on Mastodon for just over a year and nobody has mentioned Linux yet.